# Quote — Helen Czerski, Storm in a Teacup

> Put the egg down on a smooth, hard surface and set it spinning. ...[W]hen you stopped the raw egg, you only stopped the shell. The liquid never stopped swirling... so... the shell started rotating again... dragged around by its insides. ...It is a principle of physics that objects continue the same... movement unless you push or pull on them. ...[C]onservation of angular momentum.

- Author: [Helen Czerski](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski.md)
- Book: [Storm in a Teacup](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup/put-the-egg

## More from this book

> The basic principles alone often won't provide specific answers, but they'll provide the context needed to ask the right questions. And if we're used to working things out... we won't feel hopeless when the answer isn't obvious...

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup/the-basic-principles.md)

> This book is about linking the little things we see every day with the big world we live in.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup/this-book-is-about.md)

> As far as we know, the physical laws we observe... on Earth apply everywhere... You can test them for yourself.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup/as-far-as-we-know.md)